The relationship between work-family policies and pro-environmental behaviour of single mothers as economically disadvantaged group

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13084288
AutoresAnne-Marie Parth (0000-0002-8846-6141, LMU Klinikum, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume10
Fascículo3
Páginas333-345
Data de publicação2024-05-16
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEnvironmental Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2325-1042 • E-ISSN: 2325-1042
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23251042.2024.2353754
OpenAlexW4396976672
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas52

Single mothers are among the group with the highest risks of poverty. At the same time, pro-environmental behaviour research introduced the 'motherhood effect', theorising that the carer role of mothers makes them more likely to engage in pro-environmental behaviour (PEB). Considering that PEB is often expensive, the expectation is that economic insecurities make single mothers hardly able to choose for PEB. In this article, I theorise and test the ability of work-family policies to moderate the relationship by giving the otherwise lacking resources. Estimating multilevel models based on survey data from the International Social Survey Programme (2010) and the OECD Family Database for 21 OECD country years, I find that generous spending on early childhood education and care increases the likelihood for PEB among single but not among partnered mothers. The paper contributes to the environment-welfare nexus by demonstrating the need for intersectoral and inclusive policy approaches

Child care · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Multilevel model · Nexus (standard · Poverty · Public economics · Single mothers · Sociology · Test (biology · Welfare · Work (physics · Energy and Environment Impacts · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges